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Hi
Midgets have a P.C.D. of 4 x 4" (4 x 101.6mm) in common with many BMC vehicles. There are many different alloy wheels available but I think the Minilite style ones are popular because they suit the cars well!
Although 4 x 100mm ones are close in size they do not fit properly so should be avoided!
PeteC

Hi and welcome to the Forum. Great looking car you have there and great fun on the road I'm sure!
The K-Series owners are always out and about and using their cars so I hope you will meet up with some of them too where you'll be warmly welcomed by fellow enthusiasts.
Thanks for posting.
PeteC

Hi Keith
I think any of the 'usual' trimmmers would be able to help you with this either by adapting a standard Tonneau or making one from scratch in whatever material or colour you choose.
Don Hoods, Mirror Trim, or Newtrim spring to mind but dependant on your location you may have a local firm that can help too.
We'd be interested to know how you get on and maybe a photo of the finished article too!
Regards
PeteC

Hi Mike
There will be others better able to advise you on here but what options are you considering, K-Series, Ford Zetec etc. There are many Spridgets around with uprated engines so lots of info about the conversions is available. I'm not qualified to answer questions about the conversions personally as I have no experience but if you can give us an idea of what you're planning someone will be able to help I'm sure/
Regards
PeteC

Hi Richard
There's a very good write up on the Spridget Guru websitehttp://www.spridgetguru.com/TA0123.html... about gearbox rebuilding. You haven't identified which car you have but the A-Series cars are more or less the same. The 1500's use the Triumph single rail box but I'm sure Spridget Guru covers that too!
Good luck
Cheers
PeteC

BMC offered owners of MkI Midget's & MkII Sprite's two completely different hard tops. Illogically a rounded version for the Sprite, based on that for the MkI (frogeye), while the Midget hard-top was a totally new design, being flatter with an inset rear window and rather angular, more in keeping with the car's tail-end. They were never physically numbered as such, or carried any special identification, although I did see one once with a BMC sticker affixed, but that could have been fitted by it's retailer.

I do somewhere have the part number for this item, but since we moved in April, some of my things are proving difficult to find presently.

Currently there is an original MkI Midget hard-top for sale, which shows quite well the shape and design; http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C876019...
Beware also of the difference where the rear edge of the sidescreens meet the hardtop. One version uses the original side screens with a straight up trailing edge where the other use a modified sidescreen swept back to form a line with the door back edge!

And to help a little further I've attached here a period publicity shot where you'll see the two different designs!

Trusting this helps, at least initially, but please do come back to me if you need any further help.

Hi Andy
Welcome to our forum. Good to hear from another new Midget owner. I'm sure once you've sorted the niggles you'll enjoy your car as the rest of us do! Hope to see you out and about sometime.Regards
PeteC

Hi DTS
Dependent on your Chassis Number, your Midget will have been equipped with two speed wipers after Chassis Number GAN6 212001. If before this it should only have single speed wipers but that's not to say it could have been modified by a previous owner to the later spec?
As far as I can see the panel lights are controlled by a switch on the far left of the dashboard, assuming it's a right hand drive car. They are not separately fused from the lights so if the switch is ok then maybe the bulbs have failed, although it is unlikely that they have all gone!
Let us know how you get on..
PeteC

Hi Cher
You should have three different coloured wires on the back of the lighting switch, Red, Blue and Brown with a Blue tracer. The Brown/Blue wire is the feed for the lights which comes from the Voltage control Box. If you can, check the Blue wire becomes live when the switch is set to headlight on position. If ok then check the headlight dip switch. The Blue wire goes from the light switch to the dip switch. The dip switch then sends power to the headlights via Blue/White or Blue/Red wires for main or dipped headlights dependant on setting.
Sounds likely the dip switch is possibly faulty?
This all assumes the car has standard wiring and no relays have been fitted for headlight operation?
Hope this helps and let us know how you get on.
Regards
PeteC

Hi Rob
From Blighty! Great to hear from you out there. You Car looks great and the photo of your Dad enjoying his Sprite is very evocative of the 70's.Good to hear your Parents are still enjoying their MG too. I'll see if I can get a window Sticker sent out for you but in the mean time enjoy your car.
PeteC

On your existing Flasher Unit you will have a Green wire and a Light Green with Brown tracer wire.
If you use the AES Flasher unit 140112 you would connect the Green wire to terminal 49 and the Light Green /Brown wire to 49a. You would then need to add a (preferably Black) wire to terminal 31 and fit the loose end to a suitable earth point (under the Flasher unit mounting bolt?) on the car body. If the car has Hazard flashers these have a separate Flasher unit so would be unaffected by this mod. If you wished this circuit could be modified too with an electronic Flasher unit but I guess the Hazards are only rarely used?
PeteC

Hi
We can use the write up you've already sent for sure, it's a great read! Just need a few other details added and any other photos. Please go to the Car of the Month tab and submit the extra info then we'll get it added. Thanks again.
PeteC

Hi
Welcome to our Forum. What a fantastic story! We love to hear about cars coming back into use and it is amazing how many of these cars are still around, locked away somewhere waiting to be brought back to life!
How would you like to submit the details for our Car of the Month feature?
Hope to meet you out and about in the car.
Regards
PeteC

There are plenty of circuit diagrams available via Google! I have fitted one to my car and it provides a good steady flash regardless of battery power, unlike the old bi-metalic strip units that slowdown flash rate off charge!
PeteC

I managed to get the correct colour mixed for my '61 Midget by quoting the correct paint code to the paintshop. Limeflower is paint code BLVC 20 so I would think that it could be mixed up ok by most paint suppliers, if they have it on record in their mixing guide?
PeteC